Alice Walker (Bloom's Modern Critical Views)

Alice Walker's work addresses issues of race and women's rights. One of the most celebrated authors of our time, Walker is best known for her 1982 novel The Color Purple. Learn more about this Pulitzer prizewinning author.

This title, Alice Walker, part of Chelsea House Publishers’ Modern Critical Views series, examines the major works of Alice Walker through full-length critical essays by expert literary critics. In addition, this title features a short biography on Alice Walker, a chronology of the author’s life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University.